Abstract

With strong economic recovery, Goh Chok Tong decided the time was right for the long-anticipated handover of Singapore's prime ministership to Lee Hsien Loong. In foreign relations, the earlier leadership change in Malaysia fostered improved bilateral ties, but a visit by Lee to Taiwan generated friction with Chinese authorities.

Published as Rodan, G 2005 'Singapore in 2004', Asian Survey, 45 (1), pp. 140-145. (c) 2005 by the Regents of the University of California.

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